I got an email that the AS400 was not up. When I checked the AS400 it had a SRC code of 1011 2564. So I did what I do when it has a SRC, I write it down and reIPL. But this time unlike others it did no start back up, it got the same SRC. So I searched the Internet and found a link to the manual to trouble shot it. It turned out to be about as bad as it gets, I have to replace most tof the parts in the expansion unit.
Exchange the following parts, one at a time.
Expansion unit PCI backplane (BACKPL5)
Cable (SIG5)
Cable (SIG1)
SPNLCRD (see “BACKPLx” on page 203 for part number)
The MFIOP backplane (see “MFIOPBK” on page 211
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Getting back to timesharing
I am going to get back to timesharing the AS/400s (iSeries, i5, power i).
I got ride of the T1 one with a full class C of IP addresses and am trying to get by with 5 usable IP address on DSL. I am using routers to route different ports from public IP addresses to privite IP addresses behind them. This allows me to hook up a few more more host like they are on the Internet with their own addresses. The DSL has been a lot better then I thought it might be, I have not had an outage yet, so I am not sure how long it will take them to fix an outage. I am sure it will be longer then on a T1.
I am changing the length of time you need to purchase to use the service. It is going to be a year. The reason I am doing this is because updating the records every month. More because I don't like to do it then the amount of time it really took to do it. And I do not make any money off of doing this. As most companies who try doing AS400 timesharing realize and quit offering it before very long.
I will also restrict what I load onto the systems. I used to be pretty flexible and install anything that was licensed in such away I could. But it ends up leaving all kinds of objects on the systems, which I have to go through and get rid of after a while.
Backup will be another area I will be changing. It will be more the responsibility of the users. Or I will do it electronically instead of on tape, which ware out and are slow compared to disk.
I got ride of the T1 one with a full class C of IP addresses and am trying to get by with 5 usable IP address on DSL. I am using routers to route different ports from public IP addresses to privite IP addresses behind them. This allows me to hook up a few more more host like they are on the Internet with their own addresses. The DSL has been a lot better then I thought it might be, I have not had an outage yet, so I am not sure how long it will take them to fix an outage. I am sure it will be longer then on a T1.
I am changing the length of time you need to purchase to use the service. It is going to be a year. The reason I am doing this is because updating the records every month. More because I don't like to do it then the amount of time it really took to do it. And I do not make any money off of doing this. As most companies who try doing AS400 timesharing realize and quit offering it before very long.
I will also restrict what I load onto the systems. I used to be pretty flexible and install anything that was licensed in such away I could. But it ends up leaving all kinds of objects on the systems, which I have to go through and get rid of after a while.
Backup will be another area I will be changing. It will be more the responsibility of the users. Or I will do it electronically instead of on tape, which ware out and are slow compared to disk.
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